The List

My husband is at work and our daughter is at Brandon's so I had the day to do whatever I wanted.  After church I went to a couple of stores and then decided to come home and do a few things I've been meaning to do for awhile. 

I started out by cleaning out a spare dresser (don't ever do this, if you have an empty dresser get rid of it! You WILL fill it, I promise. I had a whole drawer of craft/scrap booking things that needed to be gone through and re organized.  I did that and found a new home for them.  Then we had two drawers of random pictures.  We've recently bought a photo scanner so I've been wanting to get the them scanned and onto CD's.  I have this weird thing about "what if there was a fire, how would I grab everything?" So, I figure if they're all on CD's, and all of the CD's are in one location I can just grab the binder--make sense?!  Yeah, I think so too.  Anyway, it was fun going through the pictures.  Some from when I was a kid, and some from when Lola was first born.  In the mix of things I found this list that I vaguely remember writing when Lola was still inside my tummy.  It's a list of things I hoped my daughter would experience.  I wanted to share it. 

1. She finds a community of faith in which she feels at home.
2.  She discovers a calling she is so passionate about that it is impossible to tell where work leaves off and life begins.
3. Good fortune & reasonable caution collaborate to keep her safe in a violent world.
4. Just once she falls in love so hard with the wrong person that the ride is worth the fall.
5. She never has to wear hose and heels for work, only for dancing.
6. She tries anything (legal) that interests her.
7. She spends her life in the company of great dogs, good books and loyal friends.
8. She finds a wonderful husband with a great sense of humor who adores women, especially her.
9. She discovers it is more important to be purposeful than happy, and more important to be happy than rich.
10. The breast cancer epidemic is under control by the time she reaches the age of significant risk.
11. She continues to regard food as one of the great pleasures of life and never gets crazed about dieting.
12. She always knows she can count on her parents unconditional love, even when we drive her head banging crazy.

At the bottom of the page I had written this: "You'll never stub your toe standing still, the faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing it but also the more chance you have of getting somewhere." 

I like this list, and I really like the quote, wherever I got it.  Today has been a day of reflection for me, and it's been very good.  Now, to finish supper before my husband gets home.  What are things you wish for your children?